Informational and emotional elements in online support groups: a Bayesian approach to large-scale content analysis
Author(s) -
Ulrike Deetjen,
John Powell
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocv190
Subject(s) - empirical research , psychology , emotional expression , scale (ratio) , mental health , applied psychology , computer science , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , mathematics , statistics , physics , quantum mechanics
This research examines the extent to which informational and emotional elements are employed in online support forums for 14 purposively sampled chronic medical conditions and the factors that influence whether posts are of a more informational or emotional nature.
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